Cigar Suit
The Ninth Circuit reinstated a $44 million antitrust award Friday against the world’s largest cigar maker Swisher International, brought by rival company Trendsettah USA.
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EU Court Backs New German Limits on Flavored Tobacco
A company that makes flavored roll-your-own tobacco failed to sway Europe’s top court Wednesday that its products should be exempt from German law.
Read moreTobacco Award Upheld
A Florida appeals court upheld a $21 million award against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., to the daughter and widow of a man who died of lung cancer.
Read moreRetailers Blast San Antonio for Raising Tobacco Age
Trade groups representing convenience stores, gas stations and small grocers filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging San Antonio’s new ordinance raising the minimum age to buy tobacco products to 21, claiming it unfairly targets them.
Read moreMost Teen Drug Use Is Down, but Officials Fret Vaping Boom
Twice as many high school students used nicotine-tinged electronic cigarettes this year compared with last year, an unprecedented jump in a large annual survey of teen smoking, drinking and drug use.
Read moreThe Marlboro Dude
Altria, which makes Marlboro cigarettes, is investing $2.4 billion in Cronos Group, a Canadian marijuana company, which will give it a 45 percent ownership stake, with an option to pay another $1.4 billion to increase its ownership to 55 percent.
Read moreDutch Court Refuses to Order Criminal Tobacco Investigation
A Dutch appeals court on Thursday refused to order public prosecutors to open a criminal investigation of tobacco companies, in a major setback for anti-smoking activists.
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The 11th Circuit affirmed a $24 million judgment Monday against Phillip Morris for the death of a smoker.
Read moreNew Document Archive Could Open Litigation Against Junk Food Companies
A trove of documents implicating junk food companies in disease and linking them to the tobacco industry unveiled at the University of California, San Francisco, on Thursday could drive new legislation and litigation limiting the availability of unhealthy foods, some experts say.
Read moreFDA to Crack Down on Menthol Cigarettes, Flavored Vapes
A top U.S. health official on Thursday pledged to try to ban menthol from regular cigarettes, outlaw flavors in all cigars, and tighten rules regarding the sale of most flavored versions of electronic cigarettes.
Read moreVaping Class Action
Juul Labs defrauds the public about the nicotine levels in its vaping products, and their “narcotic,” addictive and dangerous effects, a class claims in Miami-Dade County Court.
Read moreJudge Tosses Researcher’s Libel Claims Against NY Times
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed all but one defamation claims brought by an Ohio State University cancer researcher related to a New York Times article that provoked online readers to roast him in the comments section by calling him a “con man,” “crook” and a “cockroach.”
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Giving consumers the chance to amend a class action against e-cigarette maker JUUL Labs, a federal judge dismissed claims of falsely advertising and labeling, but let stand the claim that JUUL misrepresents the amount of nicotine in its vapor pods as 5 percent, rather than 6.2 percent.
Read moreEnzyme Offers New Hope for Smokers to Kick the Habit
Scientists have found a modified enzyme tested on rats could help smokers kick their dependence on nicotine.
Read moreFDA Calls E-Cigarette Use a Youth Epidemic
Warning that e-cigarettes use by minors has reached “epidemic proportions,” the FDA imposed fines Wednesday and sent warning letters to 1,300 retailers that sell vaping devices.
Read moreE-Cigarette Regulation Case Kicks Up Smoke in DC Circuit
Casting federal restrictions on e-cigarette advertising and sales as an existential threat, a trade group for the vaping industry urged the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday to block a rule change by the Food and Drug Administration.
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Class Claims ‘Rosy Statements’ Preceded Massive Philip Morris Stock Price Drop
(CN) – Philip Morris executives sold off millions of dollars stock while withholding information about the company’s stagnant sales, investors
Read moreFeds Ordered to Finalize Graphic Cigarette Warnings
A federal judge in Massachusetts ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday to stop delaying the implementation of graphic warning labels on cigarette packs.
Read moreFlavored Tobacco
The Bay Area Small Merchants Chamber of Commerce claims in a federal complaint that Oakland’s ban against the sale of flavored tobacco products violates its members’ civil rights.
Read morePhilip Morris Pushes Back on $20M Award for Ex-Smoker
Attorneys for cigarette giant Philip Morris asked the 11th Circuit on Wednesday to order a new trial after a jury awarded $20 million in punitive damages to a former smoker who claimed her decision to take up the habit was influenced by the company’s ads.
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